Dog-collar



`(No Model.)

J. H. FASSITT.

DQG COLLAR. No. 272,036. Patented Feb. 13,1883.

N. iETERS, Phnwmgllphef. Washinln. D. C.

VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HORACE FASSITT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOG-COLLAR.

SPEGIEIGATION forming peet ef Lettere Patent No. 272,036, dated February 13, ieee.

` Apneeenen sied June 9,1882. (No mener.)

. erence being had to the accompanying draw ings,.which form a part of this specification.

rIhe object of my invention is to provide a name-plate for a dog-collar, on which the name and address of the owner, or either his name or address, can be changed at will, so thata sportsman, in moving from place to place, may always have his temporary local address upon his dogs collar, to which he can be returned in case he is lost or strays.

My invention accordingly consists of an attachment to a dog-collar, so constructed that that the name or address ofthe owner or user may be inserted and withdrawn or changed at pleasure, while at the same time it is, when inserted, securely attached to and clearly displayed upon the collar. y

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters designate similar parts, Figure lis a longitudinal section of myimproved name-plate. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal view ot' the same'device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the removable plate upon which the name-card rests in Figs. l, 2, Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of my name-plate. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of another mpdilied form of such plate, and Fig. 7 a view ofthe dog-collar with the nameplate attached. j

A is the collar, to which the name-plate may be attached yby rivets', as shown in Fig. l, or'

by any of the well-known means of attaching metallic plates to leather or metal bands.

B is the frame or casing of my improved name-plate, in which the removable name or address is held.

O is a transparent'protectiugsheet, preferably of thin mica; D, an openingin the casing B, through which the name-card is inserted.

E is a thin metallic plate, upon which the name-card is placed, and between which and the casing B .it is held.

e e is a spring or springs attached to the plate E, and which press it up against the top of the casing B. j

F is the name-card; G, a padlock; lH, aprojecti-ng pin on the surface of the plate E; b, a key-hole in the casing B; d, an angular projection or recess in the casing B, which serves to prevent'the plate E from falling 'out of the casing B.

E', Fig. 6, is a frame holding hinged to the plate E.

In that form o f my device shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the mica sheet is permanently fastthe mica and vened in the opening in the face of the frame B, and serves to protect the name-card within.

The name or address having been written or l'printed upon a piece of paper, a card, or a thin platebf any kind, it is placed upon the plate E, as shown in Fig. 4, and the plate E is then slid through the opening D into the frame B, andon being fully inserted is pressed up against the top of the frame by the spring e c, and prevented from falling out again by means of the angular projection d. Then inserted, the writing shows through the opening in the frame, which I prefer to cover with the, mica, O. When it is desired to withdraw the name-card the plate E must be depressed, so that it will pass under the projection d. This may be conveniently done by the device shown in the drawings, Figs. 1, 3, and 4--that is, by

having a pin, H, projecting from the surface of the plate E, so situated with respect to a keyhole, b, that when a key is inserted through said hole and the plate pressed downward by it the plate may also be pushed outward by turning the key and so pressing against the pin. e

In Fig. 5 I show my frame B with its top hinged at B', and fastened with a staple and padlock at Gr. In using this form of my device the hinged top of the frame is raised and the name-card placed 011 a pad or plate be-` neath it. The top is then closed down and fastened,thus holding the name-card securely'. The form of the device as shownin Fig. 6

4only differs from Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4in that the protecting-sheet ot' mica is here attached to the movable plate E by being set in a frame, E', which is hinged to the'plate E, as shown in the drawings.

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In use the plate is withdrawn, as described,

' and the name-card placed between the plate vE and the frame E', which is then shut down and pushed through the opening D, the spring e c both `keeping the hinged plates pressed together and keeping them pressed up beyond the catch C.

In using my improved name-plate it will probably be found best to have the' owners name engraved upon the frame, leaving an hold a card, F, upon its surface and clamped against the rim of the openingin the frame B.

3. A name-plate for a dog-collar, consisting 25 of a hollow frame, B, having an opening, D, and a projection, d, in combination with a removable plate, E, having springs e e, all so arranged that the plate E, when inserted, will be held by the projection d from coming out of the frame, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the hollow frame B, having an opening, D, projection d, and keyhole b, and the plate E, having springs e e and a projecting pin, H, all so arranged that the plate may be removed by the action of a key, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

J. HORACE FASSIT'I.

Witnesses:

R. S. CHILD, Jr., L. J. MATos. 

